Trump has consistently claimed that exporters, those countries who are “ripping us off,” are paying the tariffs. However, the actual data tell a different story.
Far from earning living wages, most U.S. workers have experienced wage stagnation since the 1970s--a trend largely obscured by political rhetoric and misinformation.
Peter Rachleff teaches U.S. history at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. For the past eight years, he has been the chair of the Meeting the Challenge Committee. He is the author of Hard-Press
